Ok I feel good about this post. Nothing off topic this time :)
Today I went on a school excursion, walked probably a good 5 miles, and had fun not sitting at my desk all day. We went to the sea, and the kids and I tried capturing stuff lol. It was a lot of fun. I made a short but sweet video from today, so hopefully you enjoy.
Couple of the pics enlarged because I know the vid quality isn't going to be great.
After school I finally manned up and went to this restaurant I have been wanted to try but haven't because I did not want to go alone. I told Jordan I would start testing places out though around the house so this was #1. It was a success. I was weary of ramen after my last experience. I had ramen in Yokohama and it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either, definitely not worth the $10 I paid for it. Well I had said I was going to give it another shot, because I wouldn't let one shop label my whole ramen outlook. So I went to a local shop just next to the train station here, no one was inside when I got there so the coast was clear haha. I ordered just your basic Shouyu Ramen (Shouyu is Soy Sauce) So on that not Soy Sauce is not called Soy Sauce here, and chopsticks are called Hashi.. There's your Japanese lesson for the day :) Anyways It was a Soy Sauce based Ramen with Bamboo, Bean Sprouts, and Seaweed in it. It was fire. Straight up great, I will definitely be going back to try other things, and it was ¥600, so not too bad. This definitely gives pho a run or its money, in my opinion its better in the sense of natural flavor, because lets all be honest. Pho without the cocksauce and soy sauce isn't the best tasting soup in the world. So heres some pics of the damage.
Today I went on a school excursion, walked probably a good 5 miles, and had fun not sitting at my desk all day. We went to the sea, and the kids and I tried capturing stuff lol. It was a lot of fun. I made a short but sweet video from today, so hopefully you enjoy.
School Ensoku from Brian Widiker on Vimeo.
Couple of the pics enlarged because I know the vid quality isn't going to be great.
After school I finally manned up and went to this restaurant I have been wanted to try but haven't because I did not want to go alone. I told Jordan I would start testing places out though around the house so this was #1. It was a success. I was weary of ramen after my last experience. I had ramen in Yokohama and it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either, definitely not worth the $10 I paid for it. Well I had said I was going to give it another shot, because I wouldn't let one shop label my whole ramen outlook. So I went to a local shop just next to the train station here, no one was inside when I got there so the coast was clear haha. I ordered just your basic Shouyu Ramen (Shouyu is Soy Sauce) So on that not Soy Sauce is not called Soy Sauce here, and chopsticks are called Hashi.. There's your Japanese lesson for the day :) Anyways It was a Soy Sauce based Ramen with Bamboo, Bean Sprouts, and Seaweed in it. It was fire. Straight up great, I will definitely be going back to try other things, and it was ¥600, so not too bad. This definitely gives pho a run or its money, in my opinion its better in the sense of natural flavor, because lets all be honest. Pho without the cocksauce and soy sauce isn't the best tasting soup in the world. So heres some pics of the damage.
awesome vid bud, but it wanted to keep stoping
ReplyDeleteat about 26 sec into the video, I had to watch
it in a different place any way I did get to see
it all. those sea creatures are all funny looking
and that bowl of ramen looked good would I like it?
Love u Mom
Man, you need to try home made pho. Let my mom make you some, haha. IM SO HUNGRY MAN
ReplyDeleteI love the video and the music! It made me wish I was there. Those kids sure are cute. I don't know about what was in that bucket tho..kind of creepy looking - were they leeches or snails? Looked humongous whatever they were. I would have liked to have seen that octopus some more. The ramen did look good though. I noticed that even the kids lunches looked quite tasty and decorated all nicely too. You're looking very good and trim...I bet all those girls like it!!
ReplyDeleteLove,
G & G
i love your blog, every time i read it it makes me REALLY want to go to japan.
ReplyDeleteso jealous.
yea they were weird, I held the crab and cucumbers though, they were really slimy. Cucumbers were in the bucket grandma. Yea Bento lunches are sometimes decorated pretty nice, like mine had heart shaped pink rice and flowers in it haha.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks Yuta, you need to come while I am here so we can kick it one day.
Yuta should come when I go. That would be tight. I pretty much feel the same way, exept my craving to go to Japan just gets worse every time I look at your blog.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Patty cakes doesnt believe that girls in Japan can have western names like Alice and Marie. I lul'ed. But then again Okinawa is probably a hell of alot different than mainland.
Cool bud that video is really neat! you always pick such cool music. Is that one pic a big snail? It looked like the kids were having a good time.
ReplyDeleteThe food looked tasty cant wait to be there and try it all...
And yeah you are looking pretty slim..:)
Dad...
Living the dream bud, looks awesome. Wish we got to do that stuff when i was in school...living the dream I love you babe
ReplyDeleteOh Me and ricky had the ramen in Guam...and we didnt like it at all!! It was just like the stuff you had....maybe it was just bad stuff;) Hope all is good with you:) TTYL!
ReplyDeleteMandy
Henry the pho i eat is homemade, but im not going to argue trying your moms haha, send some my way!
ReplyDeleteHaha yes some people do have western names here that are written in Katakana instead of Hiragana/Kanji
Yes mom maybe you would have liked it, its not fishy or anything lol.. We will find some food for ya whiile your here lol, I just got from drinking at TGI fridays happy hour with some co-workers so we can always hit that up lol
Yea Mandy maybe your Ramen was no good, or maybe you just didn't like it, who knows lol
Oh I see how it is, Reply to everyone except me..
ReplyDeleteand man that looks good!
ReplyDeletelol it was good, and i iwsh i got to do this when i was in school too
ReplyDeletei love you too
oh and it was a crab not a snail that fell off the rock lol
ReplyDeleteI had field trips like that all the time back home. I miss being right next to the ocean =(
ReplyDeleteOh how I love thee California.
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